Federal agency omits legal fortune imputation with Rürup savers – employment agency ignores will of the legislator

– How insurers’ lies are believed and harm the middle class by the millions – No security for imputation due to Hartz IV and other social benefits In an admirable act of lobbying, life insurers have succeeded in persuading intermediaries, customers and even the Federal Employment Agency that the capital saved for Rürup pensions would […]

Corona aid: With the support of the state in insolvency and old-age poverty

The wave of insolvencies is coming. What is to be considered thereby and how self-employed persons and GmbH managing directors could lose also the old age pension, explain the examined financial and investment advisor and banker Dr. Johannes Fiala and the expert for insurance mathematics Peter A. Schramm.   In the so-called Corona crisis, the […]

Illegal and legal purchase of used life insurance policies

Reversal options should be explored Life insurance policies are long-term contracts for which the intermediary must first determine whether the customer can really afford to pay the insurance premiums, often over decades. If the intermediary does not check the customer’s needs or the customer’s ability to pay, he is liable for investment losses (BGH judgement […]

Company pension scheme: Early termination of insurance contracts in the event of a change of employer

Reader A. S. asks: In the BC July 2007 issue, I read with great interest the article on occupational pensions and the employer’s obligation to offset losses in the case of deferred compensation. Following this, I invited our insurance agent to come in for a chat. He informed me inter alia: In the example case […]

Company pension scheme: Early termination of insurance contracts in the event of a change of employer

By Dr. Johannes Fiala and Thomas Keppel Reader A. S. asks: In the July 2007 issue of BC, I read with great interest the article on occupational pension provision and the employer’s obligation to offset losses in the case of deferred compensation. Subsequently, I invited our insurance agent for a discussion. He informed me, among […]

Federal Supreme Court: Brokered life insurance policies must meet the customer’s needs and capabilities!

29.08.2007 12:33:05 (PA) With every second life insurance customer claim for damages possible – new billion liability for the insurance industry ? * Capital life insurance – legal fraud ?: Already since the judgement of 03.06.1983 (Az. 74 O 47/83) of the regional court Hamburg the evaluation of the capital life insurance was judicially blessed […]

Kick-backs and MiFID: Billions in liability for banks, intermediaries, asset managers

  “You only get rich by doing things you don’t desire.” (Mahatma Gandhi, Indian politician, 1869 – 1948)   Increasing dangers due to kick-backs After Switzerland, the topic of kick-backs is now also increasingly leading to legal proceedings in Germany if a customer feels cheated by his financial service provider or financial services institution. The […]